Charlotte Perkin Gilman

Ingredients

• one quart of unfermented grape juice
• one cupful of sugar
• one cupful of powdered sugar
• 5 lbs concord grapes 1 quart water sugar boil grapes five to ten minutes
• 1 quart water sugar boil grapes five to ten minutes
• a cupful of boiling water
• a tablespoon of sugar
• a pinch of powdered mace
• an ounce of pulverized gum arabic in half a cupful of cold water
• a cupful of cold water
• a pint of boiling cream
• one orange in the juice of one lemon
• one lemon
• four whole cloves
• two tablespoons of water without stirring until it spins a thread
• two eggs
• 1 orange 1 grape fruit 1 lemon slice very thin
• 1 grape fruit 1 lemon slice very thin
• 1 lemon slice very thin
• 10 glasses but the size of fruit determines the quantity
• cloves
• mace
• nutmeg
• cinnamon

Directions

1. Grape Juice Cup

2. Soak the grated rind of one orange in the juice of one lemon for 15 minutes. To this add a cupful of boiling water and a tablespoon of sugar.

3. Place in a saucepan of granite ware and add one quart of unfermented grape juice, four whole cloves and a pinch of powdered mace. Bring slowly to the boiling point and simmer for ten minutes.

4. Boil together one cupful of sugar and two tablespoons of water without stirring until it spins a thread.

5. Pour this gradually upon the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs. Add the boiling grape juice, dust lightly with grated nutmeg and serve immediately.

6. Live while you live, the epicure would say and seize the pleasures of the present day. Doddridge

7. Peppermint Cup

8. Soak half an ounce of pulverized gum arabic in half a cupful of cold water for 30 minutes. Dissolve it over hot water.

9. Add one cupful of powdered sugar and cook until it will spin a thread.

10. Pour this upon the stiffly beaten whites of two eggs, and when well blended add gradually a pint of boiling cream, a few drops of essence of peppermint and a tiny pinch of baking soda.

11. Serve while it foams, sprinkled with a little powdered cinnamon.

12. Unquiet meals make ill digestions. Comedy of Errors

13. Amber Marmalade

14. 1 orange 1 grape fruit 1 lemon

15. Slice very thin. Measure the fruit and add 3 times the quantity of water. Stand in an earthen dish over night and in morning boil for ten minutes. Stand another night and the second morning add pint for pint of sugar and boil steadily until it jellies.

16. This should make 8 or 10 glasses but the size of fruit determines the quantity. Stir as little as possible during the two hours or more of the cooking which it requires. Do not use the rind of the grape fruit.

17. Grape Juice

18. 5 lbs Concord Grapes 1 quart water sugar

19. Boil grapes five to ten minutes. Then strain through a wire strainer and afterwards cheese cloth. To every quart of juice add 1 lb. sugar. Bottle and seal.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Concord Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Water	not in our table	0
Mace	not in our table	0
Fruit	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.